Thousands of children each year are being sexually exploited by gangs and groups in England, according to an interim report.
Results from a two year inquiry into child sexual exploitation reveal 2,409 children and young people became victims between August 2010 and October 2011.
Thousands of children are being sexually exploited each year by gangs and groups across England.
This comes after eight men were jailed for up to seven years back in September for targeting young girls in Derby.
Michael Sibert reports.
Nathalie Walters from the Safe and Sound charity, tells ITV Central that child exploitation is "more widespread than perhaps what people may have thought."
This comes after a report found that 2,409 children and young people were confirmed victims of sexual exploitation between August 2010 and October 2011.
Thousands of children are being sexually exploited each year by gangs and groups in England, according to an interim report.
Figures have shown that 2,409 children and young people were confirmed victims between August 2010 and October 2011.
A further 16,500 children were at 'high risk' of sexual exploitation between April 2010 and March 2011.
The report comes after nine Asian men who groomed white girls as young as 13 in Rochdale with drink and drugs were jailed at Liverpool Crown Court in May.
– sue berelowitz, deputy children's commissionerThe reality is that each year thousands of children in England are raped and abused by people seeking to humiliate, violate and control them.